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Charles Starrett

1903-03-28

The Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Robert Starrett (March 28, 1903 – March 22, 1986) was an American actor best known for his starring role in the Durango Kid western series. When he retired he held the record for starring in the longest-running string of feature films (131 titles, half of them being "Durango Kid" films, for Columbia Pictures). A graduate of Worcester Academy in 1922, Starrett went on to study at Dartmouth College. While on the Dartmouth football team he was hired to play a football extra in the film The Quarterback (1926). Bitten by the acting bug, Starrett played minor roles in films and leading roles in stage plays. In 1928, he was a member of the Walker Company, a repertory theatre troupe headed by Stuart Walker. He played the romantic lead in Fast and Loose (1930), which also featured Miriam Hopkins, Carole Lombard, and Frank Morgan. He also starred in the Canadian production The Viking (1931), filmed on location in Newfoundland, which had begun as a Paramount Pictures project. After that he was very active for the next two years but his roles were unremarkable. He was featured in Our Betters (1933), Murder on the Campus (1933). and in his most charming role as a young doctor named Orion in "Along Came Love", with the vivacious co-star Irene Hervey. Offscreen, he helped organize the Screen Actors Guild.

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The Mask of Fu Manchu

5.455 average rating
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Silence

7.5 average rating
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Smoky Canyon

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Lawless Plainsmen

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Start Cheering

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Pecos River

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The Silver Streak

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A Shot in the Dark

5.3 average rating
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Laramie Mountains

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Western Caravans

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Desirable

7.3 average rating
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Thundering Frontier

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The Durango Kid

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Gallant Defender

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Texas Stagecoach

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Lady and Gent

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Stampede

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Frontier Gunlaw

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This Man Is Mine

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Frontier Fury

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